[Verse 1]
Six to eight weeks, the sternum's knitting wire to bone,
Ten pounds max, cariño — leave that heavy bag alone,
No pushing doors, no pulling cords, no wrestling with the dog,
Contact sports wait quietly, sidelined in the fog,
That breastbone's a bridge rebuilt, the cement still setting slow,
Rough handling cracks the mortar underneath the skin, you know.
[Chorus]
Seis a oito semanas, cuida do peito, devagar,
Four to six for driving, deja el carro, espera, hermano,
Sternum sana despacito, bone before you fly,
Cuida, cuida, corazón — six to eight, don't ask why.
[Verse 2]
Adults stay off the driver's seat for one month plus two more,
Airbag meets a healing chest — a crash you can't restore,
Steering's torque, the seatbelt's snap, both stress that midline seam,
So four to six weeks, keys stay hung, patience is the regime,
But the children bounce back faster — two to four and they're in class,
Gym class modified, though — no tackling, no dodgeball mass.
[Chorus]
Seis a oito semanas, cuida do peito, devagar,
Four to six for driving, deja el carro, espera, hermano,
Sternum sana despacito, bone before you fly,
Cuida, cuida, corazón — six to eight, don't ask why.
[Verse 3]
Now the heart's an engine tuning, cardiac rehab's the shop,
Peak VO2 climbing upward, confidence won't stop,
Walking, pedaling, supervised, telemetry on the chest,
Quality of life improving, measured, never guessed,
Six to twelve months later, back on the treadmill grade,
Repeat the exercise test — watch the functional gain displayed.
[Verse 4]
Return to sport ain't automatic, no blanket yes or no,
AHA, ACC criteria — individualized is how it goes,
Check the RV function first, echo tells you if it's strong,
Screen for silent arrhythmia hiding where it don't belong,
Residual gradient on that conduit, pressure gauge don't lie,
Combine all three together before you clear him to try.
[Bridge]
Despacito, despacito, let the wire fuse to wire,
Não é corrida, não é pressa — healing has no hurry-fire,
Test at six, retest at twelve, watch the VO2 ascend,
El corazón reconstruido finds its rhythm in the end.
[Chorus]
Seis a oito semanas, cuida do peito, devagar,
Four to six for driving, deja el carro, espera, hermano,
Sternum sana despacito, bone before you fly,
Cuida, cuida, corazón — six to eight, don't ask why.
[Outro]
Six, eight — mark the calendar straight,
RV, PA, gradient — evaluate before the gate,
Rehab lifts the engine, testing proves the climb,
Cuida do peito, mi amor — healing takes its time.